Bishop of Christchurch the Rt Revd Victoria Matthews told delegates at the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) meeting today that she thought there were two Anglican Communion Covenants: one in people’s heads, the other the one written down.
30 October 2012
Anglicans who are struggling at the front line in the battle to turn back gender-based and family violence can take comfort. As of this morning, they know they have absolute, unequivocal support from their leaders in the Anglican Communion.
30 October 2012
A meeting of Anglicans from around the world unanimously voted to call on their Churches to adopt and implement a charter protecting vulnerable people.
30 October 2012
Director of the Anglican Alliance, Sally Keeble, told the gathered members of the Anglican Consultative Council today (Tuesday) that the Anglican Alliance existed to strengthen the capacity of the Communion to undertake development, relief and advocacy.
30 October 2012
Canon Kenneth Kearon told the ACC15 press conference today that Holy Trinity Cathedral dean the Very Revd Jo Kelly-Moore and Anglicans of New Zealand three tikanga [streams] had given the Anglican Communion members a very warm welcome. He went on to explain to assembled journalists the programme for the rest of the meeting and answered their questions.
29 October 2012
In his opening speech to the 15th meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC), the Secretary General of the Anglican Communion celebrated the depth, richness and variety of the worldwide Anglican family.
28 October 2012
Lloyd Ashton writes about the Archbishop of Canterbury's sermon at the Opening Eucharist of the Anglican Consultative Council meeting in Auckland, New Zealand.
28 October 2012
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams gave the sermon at today's beautiful opening eucharist for the ACC-15 meeting at Auckland's Holy Trinity Cathedral.
28 October 2012
Get ready for a once in a lifetime event. That’s what Auckland Anglicans were hearing in the leadup to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s visit, and the meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council in the Parnell Cathedral.
27 October 2012
After a rousing Maori welcome to TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre in Manukau, New Zealand, Archbishop Rowan Williams' responded by celebrating thanking his hosts and celebrating the place of the Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia in the Communion's past and present.
27 October 2012